Car-coupling



(No Model.) I J. G'OARTV. Gar G0up1ing. I No. 232,687. Patented Sept.28, 1880. 2

WITNESSES: I VENTOR:

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES GOART, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,687, datedSeptember 28, 1880. Application filed J unc 25, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES OOART, of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphinand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Coupler,of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in improved means for supporting the couplingdevices of a car, and in combining the parts that do the coupling withand uncoupling from the link, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a plan of the device in position. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation of the same on line ac, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofthe coupler, with a part broken away the better to exhibit other parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a platform beneath the car. 13 representsthe draw-head, formed of a plate ofmetal, a, bent in the center, andhaving a curved oval broad collar, b,'fastened upon the front ends ofthe plate. 0 is a longitudinal slot formed in the top of the drawhead B,and c a like slot in the bottom thereof, and on either side of this slot0 the angleplates 0 are fastened by rivets or other suitable device,said an gle-plates having near their tops horizontal recesses or slots dopening toward the front. Between these plates 0 the pawl D is pivotedon the pin E in such a way that said pawl D hangs down through the slots0 and c of the said draw-head B, and in this position an opening isformed between the upper finger, f, of the pawl D and the lower edges ofthe recesses (Z of the upright plates O, transversely through whichopening the end of the lever F is introduced, the lower finger, g,resting on the top of the draw-head B, and the curved recess h of saidpawl D being within the draw-head B. In this position the pawl D holds acoupling-link, G, firnily in place.

The lever F is pivoted on a block, H, at the side of the draw-head B,the handle of the said lever projecting beyond the side of the car.

In order to uncouple the car the handle of the lever F is moved inthedirection of the arrow, Fig. l, with the effect of throwing the pawl Dout of the link G and into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2,and on moving the lever F back to its primary position the said pawlDreturns to its position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that an enteringlink, striking the front edge of the pawl D at its lower part, willthrow the said pawl up, to immediately fall again by its own weight intothe link to hold it coupled, and the said entered coupling-link isprevented from moving laterally or rearward by the curved plate I, thatis fixed upright between the upper and lower parts of the draw-head B.

By properly-attached mechanism this device can be operated from the topas well as from the sides of the car, thereby obviating the dangerousnecessity of going between the cars to couple and to uncouple.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a car, the combination, with the sub-' jacentplatform A, of the bent top-slotted plate to, having collar I), and theslotted angle-plates G d, as shown and described, to support thecoupling devices, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the plates 0, havin g slots 0 d, of the pawl D,having rear fingers, j g, and curved recess h, as and for the'purposeJAMES OOART. Witnesses:

FREDERICK BENDER, Gno. WM. UOART, JAMEs T. MERREY, H. L. ROBERTS.

